Results

Members have said that, after becoming involved in Full Circle Fund, they increased knowledge of Bay Area issues and the nonprofit landscape by over 800%.

In addition, members have taken the community leadership skills they've developed as members and taken it into the community beyond their Full Circle Fund involvement.

• First-time Board members: serving at nonprofits - including our grantees Aim High, CompuMentor and One Economy - deepening their community involvement and further leveraging their skills and connections for community benefit.
• Participate as issue experts: advising political commissions, community groups, and business task forces - such as the Governor's Advisory Committee on Education Excellence, Bay Area Foundation Advisory Group to End Homelessness, and Housing Leadership Council, UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies National Advisory Council - utilizing their unique perspectives as hands-on grantmakers.
• Sharing new issue expertise: members utilize their unique perspectives as hands-on grantmakers, often speaking on panels and at conferences, thus enriching community discourse about the issues.
• Career transitions: members have changed careers to work more closely on one of our three issue areas, bringing their passion about their volunteer work to their day jobs.
• Member recruitment: members often convince colleagues and friends to join, significantly increasing our capacity for community impact and helping us cultivate an even larger group of community leaders.

"As a strong believer in the power of networks, I was able to meet a wonderful group of civic-minded, passionate individuals who care about working together in a collaborative way to improve our community."

Karen Hanson

Member, Full Circle Fund